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Egypt's army kills 12 militants in Sinai operation

Egyptian security forces killed 12 Islamist militants in gun battles and arrested 92 suspects, while airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets in Sinai, the army says in a statement carried on state television.

Hindu tailor murder in Tangail: Cautious, yet Nikhil could not survive

For the machete attack on tailor Nikhil Joardar of Tangail, assailants chose a comparatively quiet time at noon when he usually stayed

The War on Abstract Notions

Wars on abstract concepts (e.g. terror, freethinking) are dangerous because they can be aimed at virtually anyone and can be invoked to launch every missile and curtail every freedom.

Paris attacks 'ringleader' Abaaoud fate unknown, says Paris Prosecutor Molins

The Paris prosecutor has said the fate of the suspected organiser of Friday's attacks remains unknown after a police raid on a flat ended in bloodshed.

ISIS in Bangladesh: Contradictory messages deepen anxiety

Siegfried O. Wolf, a professor of political science at the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, said that foreign intelligence agencies did withhold sensitive information from Bangladesh, fearing that it could be misused. The country is in the grip of extreme political polarization, he said, and there is factionalism and rivalry among security agencies.

Al Shabaab attacks soldiers in south Somalia, two dozen dead

24 people dies in southern Somalia after fighting between al Shabaab Islamist militants and government forces.

February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018

Egypt's army kills 12 militants in Sinai operation

Egyptian security forces killed 12 Islamist militants in gun battles and arrested 92 suspects, while airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets in Sinai, the army says in a statement carried on state television.

May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016

Hindu tailor murder in Tangail: Cautious, yet Nikhil could not survive

For the machete attack on tailor Nikhil Joardar of Tangail, assailants chose a comparatively quiet time at noon when he usually stayed

November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015

The War on Abstract Notions

Wars on abstract concepts (e.g. terror, freethinking) are dangerous because they can be aimed at virtually anyone and can be invoked to launch every missile and curtail every freedom.

November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015

Paris attacks 'ringleader' Abaaoud fate unknown, says Paris Prosecutor Molins

The Paris prosecutor has said the fate of the suspected organiser of Friday's attacks remains unknown after a police raid on a flat ended in bloodshed.

November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015

ISIS in Bangladesh: Contradictory messages deepen anxiety

Siegfried O. Wolf, a professor of political science at the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, said that foreign intelligence agencies did withhold sensitive information from Bangladesh, fearing that it could be misused. The country is in the grip of extreme political polarization, he said, and there is factionalism and rivalry among security agencies.

May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015

Al Shabaab attacks soldiers in south Somalia, two dozen dead

24 people dies in southern Somalia after fighting between al Shabaab Islamist militants and government forces.

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